Barack Obama

we meet at a moment of great uncertainti for america __PUNCT__

the econom_crisi we face is the worst sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

as the stock_market ha plummet __PUNCT__ million of american have open up their __NUM__ __PUNCT__ k __PUNCT__ statement to see that so much of their hard __PUNCT__ earn save have disappear __PUNCT__

the credit crisi ha left busi larg and small unabl to get loan __PUNCT__ which mean thei can't bui new equip __PUNCT__ or hire new worker __PUNCT__ or even make payrol for the worker thei have __PUNCT__

in household across the countri __PUNCT__ it get harder and harder to get a loan for that new car or that startup __PUNCT__ busi or that colleg you dream of attend __PUNCT__

wage ar lower than thei been in nearli a decad __PUNCT__

you pai more for everyth from ga to groceri __PUNCT__ but your paycheck have flat __PUNCT__ line __PUNCT__

i know these ar difficult_time __PUNCT__

i know folk ar worri __PUNCT__

but i believ that we can steer ourselv out of thi crisi becaus i believ in thi countri __PUNCT__

becaus thi is the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

thi is a nation that ha face down war and depress __PUNCT__ great_challeng and great threat __PUNCT__

the american stori ha never been about thing come easi __PUNCT__ it been about rise to the moment when the moment is hard __PUNCT__

america can meet thi moment __PUNCT__

we have the most talent __PUNCT__ most product_worker of ani countri on earth __PUNCT__

we home to innov and technolog __PUNCT__ colleg and univers that ar the envi of the world __PUNCT__

some of the biggest idea in histori have come from our small_busi and research facil __PUNCT__

it won't be easi __PUNCT__ but there no reason we can't make thi centuri anoth american_centuri __PUNCT__

but virginia __PUNCT__ i also know thi __PUNCT__

it will take a new direct __PUNCT__

it will take new leadership in washington __PUNCT__

it will take a real chang in the polici and polit of the last eight year __PUNCT__

and that why i run for presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

even as we face the most seriou econom_crisi of our time __PUNCT__ even as you ar worri about keep your job or pai your bill or stai in your home __PUNCT__ my oppon campaign announc earlier thi month that thei want to __PUNCT__ turn the page __PUNCT__ on the discuss about our economi so thei can spend the final_week of thi elect attack me instead __PUNCT__

senat_mccain mccain_campaign actual said __PUNCT__ and i quot __PUNCT__ if we keep talk about the economi __PUNCT__ we go to lose __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ virginia __PUNCT__ here what senat_mccain doesn't seem to understand __PUNCT__

with the economi in turmoil and the american_dream at risk __PUNCT__ the american_peopl don't want to hear politician attack each other __PUNCT__ you want to hear about how we go to attack the challeng_face middl_class class_famili each and everi dai __PUNCT__

you want to hear about the issu that matter in your live __PUNCT__

you want to hear about how we go to bring about the chang that we desper need for our countri __PUNCT__

that what the american_peopl want to hear __PUNCT__

so let talk about the issu that matter __PUNCT__

in the debat thi week __PUNCT__ senat_mccain felt the need to inform me that he not presid_bush __PUNCT__

and in fair __PUNCT__ i don't blame senat_mccain for all of presid_bush mistak __PUNCT__

after all __PUNCT__ he onli vote with georg_bush bush___NUM__ percent of the time __PUNCT__

but it is fair to sai that over the cours of three debat and twenti month __PUNCT__ senat_mccain still hasn't offer a singl thing that he would do differ from georg w __PUNCT__ bush when it come to the most import econom_issu we face_todai __PUNCT__

not on __PUNCT__

he want to keep give tax_cut to corpor that ship your job_oversea just like georg_bush __PUNCT__

i want to give tax_break to compani that creat_job right here in america __PUNCT__

he want to give tax_cut to exxon __PUNCT__ mobil and big_corpor and their ceo __PUNCT__ cut we just can't afford __PUNCT__ just like georg_bush __PUNCT__

i want to give a break to __NUM__ percent of middl_class class_american __PUNCT__ folk who need it and deserv it __PUNCT__

i want to give tax_break to the small_busi that creat more than two __PUNCT__ third of our job __PUNCT__

that how we strengthen our countri __PUNCT__

that how we grow our economi again __PUNCT__

i know i not run against presid_bush __PUNCT__

but i am run against hi polici __PUNCT__ the polici john_mccain ha support __PUNCT__

the polici john mccain would continu __PUNCT__

becaus that someth we can't afford __PUNCT__

and that is especi true when it come to health_care __PUNCT__

senat_mccain and i have real differ on thi issu __PUNCT__

senat mccain ha been eager to share some detail of hi health_care_plan __PUNCT__ but not all __PUNCT__

like those ad for prescript_drug __PUNCT__ you have to read the fine_print to learn the full stori __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ we found out that he want to pai for hi plan by tax your health_care benefit for the first time in histori __PUNCT__ just like georg_bush __PUNCT__

that wa bad enough __PUNCT__

but the wall_street_journal recent_report that it actual wors than we thought __PUNCT__

it turn out __PUNCT__ senat_mccain would pai for part of hi plan by make drastic cut in medicar __MONEY___billion_worth __PUNCT__

__MONEY__ billion in medicar cut to pai for an ill __PUNCT__ conceiv health_care_plan __PUNCT__ even as medicar alreadi face a loom shortfal __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ thi should come as no surpris __PUNCT__ it entir consist with senat_mccain record dure hi __NUM___year in congress where __PUNCT__ time and again __PUNCT__ he oppos medicar __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ senat_mccain ha vote against protect medicar __NUM___time __PUNCT__

__NUM__ time __PUNCT__ he fail to stand up for medicar __PUNCT__

so what would senat_mccain cut mean for medicar at a time when more and more american ar reli on it __PUNCT__

it would mean a cut of more than __NUM__ percent in medicar benefit next year __PUNCT__

if you count on medicar __PUNCT__ it would mean fewer place to get care __PUNCT__ and less freedom to choos your own doctor __PUNCT__

you pai more for your drug __PUNCT__ receiv fewer servic __PUNCT__ and get lower qualiti care __PUNCT__

i don't think that right __PUNCT__

when you work_hard your whole life __PUNCT__ and paid into the system __PUNCT__ and done everyth right __PUNCT__ you shouldn't have the carpet pull out from under you when you least expect it and can least afford it __PUNCT__

health_care shouldn't be some kind of either __PUNCT__ or tradeoff where our senior get left out in the cold __PUNCT__

i think everi singl american ha a right to afford access health care __PUNCT__

we can strengthen medicar by elimin wast subsidi to big hmo in medicar __PUNCT__ and make sure senior can access home __PUNCT__ base care __PUNCT__ and let medicar negoti with drug_compani for better price __PUNCT__

that the kind of chang we need __PUNCT__

so in the end __PUNCT__ senat_mccain can keep try to attack me and distract you __PUNCT__ but it not go to work __PUNCT__

not thi time __PUNCT__ not now __PUNCT__

becaus while john_mccain think thi campaign is all about me __PUNCT__ the truth is __PUNCT__ thi campaign is about you __PUNCT__

your job __PUNCT__

your health_care __PUNCT__

your retir __PUNCT__

your children futur __PUNCT__

that what thi elect is about __PUNCT__

that what i fight for __PUNCT__

becaus i can take __NUM__ more week of these attack from john_mccain __PUNCT__ but the american_peopl can't take four more year of the same fail polici and the same divis polit __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

it is time to turn the page on eight year of econom_polici that put wall_street befor main_street but end up hurt both __PUNCT__

we need polici that grow our economi from the bottom __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__ so that everi american __PUNCT__ everywher __PUNCT__ ha the chanc to get ahead __PUNCT__

not just the person who own the factori __PUNCT__ but the men and women who work on it floor __PUNCT__

becaus if we learn anyth from thi econom_crisi __PUNCT__ it that we all connect __PUNCT__ we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__ and we will rise or fall as on nation __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__

the rescu plan that pass the congress wa a necessari first step to eas thi credit crisi __PUNCT__

it also import that we continu to work with govern around the globe to confront what is truli a global_crisi __PUNCT__

but now we need a rescu plan for the middl_class __PUNCT__

if we go to rebuild thi economi from the bottom up __PUNCT__ it ha to start on main_street __PUNCT__ not just the big_bank on wall_street __PUNCT__

that why i outlin sever step that we have to take right now to help folk who ar struggl __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ we got to act now to creat good pai_job __PUNCT__

we alreadi lost three __PUNCT__ quarter of a million_job thi year __PUNCT__ and some expert sai unemploy mai rise to __NUM__ __PUNCT__ by the end of next year __PUNCT__

that why i propos a new american_job tax_credit for each new employe that compani hire here in the unit_state over the next two year __PUNCT__

that how we creat good __PUNCT__ new job here in virginia and all across america __PUNCT__

second __PUNCT__ we need to help small_busi get back on their feet __PUNCT__

to fuel the real engin of job_creation in thi countri __PUNCT__ i elimin all capit_gain gain_tax on invest in small_busi and start __PUNCT__ up compani __PUNCT__ and provid an addit tax_incent through next year to encourag new small_busi invest __PUNCT__

and we also make sure that small busi can access the immedi loan thei need to pai their worker and financ their inventori __PUNCT__

third __PUNCT__ we need to provid relief for homeown who ar watch their home valu declin while properti_tax go up __PUNCT__

the treasuri must us the author it been grant and move aggress to help peopl avoid foreclosur and stai in their home __PUNCT__

we don't need a new law or a new __MONEY___billion giveawai to bank like senat_mccain ha propos __PUNCT__

we just need to act quickli and decis __PUNCT__

for those respons homeown in danger of lose their home __PUNCT__ i propos a three __PUNCT__ month moratorium on foreclosur so that we give peopl the breath room thei need to get back on their feet __PUNCT__

final __PUNCT__ we got to help state and local_govern that have been squeez __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ twenti __PUNCT__ on state ar face budget short __PUNCT__ fall __PUNCT__ includ virginia __PUNCT__ and thei might be forc to cut servic or rais_tax __PUNCT__ which is the last thing we need when so mani famili ar struggl __PUNCT__

that why i go to creat a __MONEY___billion fund to help state and local_govern pai for health_care and educ __PUNCT__ polic and firefight __PUNCT__ without have to rais your tax __PUNCT__

and we save on million_job by creat a job and growth fund that will help state and local_commun move_forward with project to rebuild and repair our road __PUNCT__ our bridg __PUNCT__ and our school __PUNCT__

these ar the step that we must take __PUNCT__ right now __PUNCT__ to start get our economi back on track __PUNCT__

but we also need a new set of prioriti __PUNCT__

bottom __PUNCT__ up growth depend on a tax_code that doesn't just work for the folk at the top __PUNCT__

you heard a lot about tax in thi campaign __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ here the truth __PUNCT__ my oppon and i ar both offer tax_cut __PUNCT__

the differ is __PUNCT__ he want to doubl down on presid_bush bush_tax tax_polici by give __MONEY___billion in tax_cut to the biggest corpor in america __PUNCT__ and give the averag fortun___NUM__ ceo a __MONEY__ tax_cut __PUNCT__

but he would give noth at all to over __NUM___million_american __PUNCT__

i have a differ set of prioriti __PUNCT__

i give a middl __PUNCT__ class tax_cut to __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of all worker __PUNCT__

and if you make less than __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ which includ___NUM__ percent of small_busi busi_owner __PUNCT__ you won't see your tax_increas on singl dime __PUNCT__

not your payrol_tax __PUNCT__ not your incom_tax __PUNCT__ not your capit_gain gain_tax __PUNCT__ noth __PUNCT__

becaus in an economi like thi __PUNCT__ the last thing we should do is rais_tax on the middl __PUNCT__ class __PUNCT__

if i am presid __PUNCT__ i will invest __MONEY___billion a year in renew_sourc of energi to creat five million new __PUNCT__ green_job over the next decad __PUNCT__ job that pai well and can't be outsourc __PUNCT__ job build solar_panel and wind_turbin and fuel __PUNCT__ effici car __PUNCT__ job that will help us end our depend on oil from middl_east dictat __PUNCT__

i also put two million more american to work rebuild our crumbl road __PUNCT__ school __PUNCT__ and bridg __PUNCT__ becaus it is time to build an american infrastructur for the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

and if peopl ask how we go to pai for thi __PUNCT__ you tell them that if we can spend___MONEY___billion a month in iraq __PUNCT__ we can spend some monei to rebuild america __PUNCT__

if i am presid __PUNCT__ i will final fix our broken health_care_system __PUNCT__

thi issu is person for me __PUNCT__

my mother di of ovarian cancer at the ag of __NUM__ and i never forget how she spent the final month of her life ly in a hospit bed __PUNCT__ fight with her insur_compani becaus thei claim that her cancer wa a pre __PUNCT__ exist condit and didn't want to pai for treatment __PUNCT__

if i am presid __PUNCT__ i will make sure those insur compani can never do that again __PUNCT__

my health_care_plan will make sure insur_compani can't discrimin against those who ar sick and need care most __PUNCT__

if you have health_insur __PUNCT__ the onli thing that will chang under my plan is that we will lower premium __PUNCT__

if you don't have health insur __PUNCT__ you be abl to get the same_kind of health_insur that member of congress get for themselv __PUNCT__

and we invest in prevent_care and new technolog to final lower the cost of health_care for famili __PUNCT__ busi __PUNCT__ and the entir economi __PUNCT__

that the chang we need __PUNCT__

and we give everi child __PUNCT__ everywher the skill and the knowledg thei need to compet with ani worker __PUNCT__ anywher in the world __PUNCT__

i will not allow countri to out __PUNCT__ teach us todai so thei can out __PUNCT__ compet us tomorrow __PUNCT__

it is time to provid everi american with a world __PUNCT__ class educ __PUNCT__

that mean invest in earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__

that mean recruit an armi of new teacher __PUNCT__ and pai them better __PUNCT__ and give them more support in exchang for higher_standard and more account __PUNCT__

and it mean make a deal with everi american who ha the drive and the will but not the monei to go to colleg __PUNCT__

senat_mccain top econom advisor actual said the other dai that thei have no plan to invest in colleg afford becaus we can't have a giveawai to everi special_interest __PUNCT__

well i don't think the young_peopl of america ar a special_interest __PUNCT__ thei ar the futur of thi countri __PUNCT__

that why i make thi deal with you __PUNCT__ if you commit to serv your commun or your countri __PUNCT__ we will make sure you can afford your tuition __PUNCT__

no if __PUNCT__ and or but __PUNCT__

you invest in america __PUNCT__ america will invest in you __PUNCT__ and togeth __PUNCT__ we will move thi countri forward __PUNCT__

final __PUNCT__ i will take on the corrupt in washington and on wall_street to make sure a crisi like thi can never __PUNCT__ ever happen again __PUNCT__

i put in place the common __PUNCT__ sens regul and rule of the road i been call for sinc march __PUNCT__ rule that will keep our market free __PUNCT__ fair __PUNCT__ and honest __PUNCT__ rule that will restor account and respons in our corpor boardroom __PUNCT__

and just as we demand_account on wall_street __PUNCT__ i will also demand it in washington __PUNCT__

that why i not go to stand here and simpli tell you what i go to spend __PUNCT__ i go to tell you how we go to save when i am presid __PUNCT__

i do what you do in your own famili budget and make sure we spend_monei wise __PUNCT__

i will go through the entir feder_budget __PUNCT__ page by page __PUNCT__ line by line __PUNCT__ and elimin program that don't work and aren't need __PUNCT__

we start by end a war in iraq that cost us nearli a trillion_dollar __PUNCT__

and we save billion more by cut wast __PUNCT__ improv manag __PUNCT__ and strengthen oversight __PUNCT__

these ar the chang and reform we need __PUNCT__

a new era of respons and account on wall_street and in washington __PUNCT__

common __PUNCT__ sens regul to prevent a crisi like thi from ever happen again __PUNCT__

invest in the technolog and innov that will restor prosper and lead to new job and a new economi for the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

bottom __PUNCT__ up growth that give everi american a fair shot at the american_dream __PUNCT__

and abov all confid __PUNCT__ confid in america __PUNCT__ confid in our economi __PUNCT__ and confid in ourselv __PUNCT__

i won't pretend thi will be easi or come without cost __PUNCT__

we will all need to sacrific and we will all need to pull our weight becaus now more than ever __PUNCT__ we ar all in thi togeth __PUNCT__

thi countri and the dream it repres ar be test in a wai that we haven't seen in nearli a centuri __PUNCT__

and futur_gener will judg our by how we respond to thi test __PUNCT__

will thei sai that thi wa a time when america lost it wai and it purpos __PUNCT__ when we allow our own petti differ and broken polit to plung thi countri into a dark and pain recess __PUNCT__

or will thei sai that thi wa anoth on of those moment when america overcam __PUNCT__ when we battl back from advers by recogn that common stake that we have in each other success __PUNCT__

thi is on of those moment __PUNCT__

i realiz you cynic and fed up with polit __PUNCT__

i understand that you disappoint and even angri with your leader __PUNCT__

you have everi right to be __PUNCT__

but despit all of thi __PUNCT__ i ask of you what been ask of the american_peopl in time of trial and turmoil throughout our histori __PUNCT__

i ask you to believ __PUNCT__ to believ in yourselv __PUNCT__ in each other __PUNCT__ and in the futur we can build togeth __PUNCT__

togeth __PUNCT__ we cannot fail __PUNCT__

not now __PUNCT__

not when we have a crisi to solv and an economi to save __PUNCT__

not when there ar so mani american without job and without home __PUNCT__

not when there ar famili who can't afford to see a doctor __PUNCT__ or send their child to colleg __PUNCT__ or pai their bill at the end of the month __PUNCT__

not when there is a gener that is count on us to give them the same opportun and the same chanc that we had for ourselv __PUNCT__

we ar __NUM___dai awai from chang thi countri __PUNCT__

__NUM__ dai __PUNCT__

but for those who ar get a littl cocki __PUNCT__ i got two word for you __PUNCT__ new hampshir __PUNCT__

that where i learn that you can't let up or pai too much attent to the poll __PUNCT__

we got to keep make our case for chang __PUNCT__ we got to keep fight for everi vote __PUNCT__ we got to keep run through that finish line __PUNCT__

thi elect is too import to take anyth for grant __PUNCT__

the futur that you and i seek for our children is too import to let up now __PUNCT__

the time for chang ha come __PUNCT__

we can do thi __PUNCT__

american have done thi befor __PUNCT__

some of us had grandpar or parent who said mayb i can't go to colleg but my child can __PUNCT__ mayb i can't have my own busi but my child can __PUNCT__

i mai have to rent __PUNCT__ but mayb my children will have a home thei can call their own __PUNCT__

i mai not have a lot of monei but mayb my child will run for senat __PUNCT__

i might live in a small villag but mayb somedai my son can be presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

now it fall to us __PUNCT__

togeth __PUNCT__ we cannot fail __PUNCT__

and i need you to make it happen __PUNCT__

if you want the next four year look like the last eight __PUNCT__ then i am not your candid __PUNCT__

but if you want real chang __PUNCT__ if you want an economi that reward work __PUNCT__ and that work for main_street and wall_street __PUNCT__ if you want tax_relief for the middl_class and million of new job __PUNCT__ if you want health_care you can afford and educ that help your kid compet __PUNCT__ then i ask you to knock on some door __PUNCT__ make some call __PUNCT__ talk to your neighbor __PUNCT__ and give me your vote on __DATE__ __PUNCT__

and if you do __PUNCT__ i promis you __PUNCT__ we will win virginia __PUNCT__ we will win thi elect __PUNCT__ and then you and i __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ will chang thi countri and chang thi world __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__ god_bless you __PUNCT__ and mai god_bless_america __PUNCT__